Well this is what I did yesterday which was get the door lock replaced in the driver's door...after having the door apart for over a week to find out it needed it, get the part ordered, etc. Now I don't have to climb across from the passenger side when unlocking the door!
Oh, and I cleaned the door panel with Scrubbing Bubbles and Resolve while I had everything apart.
------------------ 1988 Fiero Formula - White - Stock 2.8/Auto - 156,000 miles and counting 2008 Patriot - Black - 2.4/CVT/FDI - 110,000 miles and counting
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Took her to a "show and tell" car gathering in Jupiter Fl. Had a great time. Only Fiero there ever. Seems like everyone knew someone who had one 25 years ago.
Hey wayneman,I go to cardinal spring training games every year and eat at that restaurant across the street from your car.Will have to look you up next year.Its neat to go to car shows and have the only fiero there,I get a lot of response at the car shows in St.Louis
I just got home from Houston and had a big box from Rodney waiting for me. I spent some time on a few easy things......replaced the temp sensor plug, added the shims for the oil cap & Getrag dipstick and installed new ashtray bulbs (let there be light....sort of!).
I'm off to Austin for a week, so the new front speakers will have to wait until next weekend.
I also got my new Ram clutch kit from Jeg's and all new coolant hoses (from Rodney) to go with a bunch of other parts I've been stockpiling......time to start thinking about pulling the engine, I guess.
Rebuilt the drivers side headlight motor using a TFS kit, works like a dream! I followed the Buddy Craig videos on You Tube and it went off trouble free.
I installed a new radiator fan, a new steering damper, cleaned the trunk carpet with resolve and clr and replacd two square bar supports in the front end. It was a productive day. Tomorrow she gets two new exhaust manifolds (cracks in the current ones).
Replaced front D/S shock that leaked after only 5 years. Need to find the receipt, it's one of the few I don't have in the book - there's a lifetime warranty on them.
Got some console skeleton pieces done today. Bottom of the original piece. Bottom of the new casted piece. Top of the original piece. Top of the new casted piece. Back tabs made twice as thick.This way the tabs will not break of as easy as the original. Just needs to be sande and cleaned up a little after casting.Other than that it came out perfect. ------------------ https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/092166.html
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I put stock fiero rims on my 87 GT. The offset makes the car ride better and rotate in the turns better. In 1986 I purchased a 1987 GT and remember that the rear rims where about 3/8 the off an inch away from the strut and it drove great. My old rims had an offset of 35 with a width of 6 1/2 " wide . 7" with a stock offset seems to ride and handle better. Pictures are on Facebook badfishpowercoatings. Com
Installed a set of LED lights on my trunk lid. Very bright and lights up the whole compartment. Used the power from the existing light in the trunk which didn't put out that must light.
Also, the package had a "Push to test button" on it powered by ten button cell batteries model AG13. If anyone wants them, I will mail to them no charge. Thought is would be better then tossing them.
took care of a little misfire. After hunting it down and changing just about everything I thought it might be, turned out to be the cap, rotor, ignition module and one faulty a/c delco spark plug cable.
Now car is running better than ever, and I don't have to worry about the fuel pump (new) injectors (8) new and the already mentioned.
Thank the God for making my dream car become a reality and my wife for supporting and backing me up throughout it all.
Thumbs up to the Fiero Factory for a fantastic clean, professional 4.9 Install and for top rated #1 customer service.
Took my headers out to try a last ditch attempt at ghetto rigging a fixed crack(s) in a primary tube then wrapped both headers and y-pipe after having the stuff on the shelf for almost a year.....hopefully I'll get it all bolted back together and then tomorrow after it's fully cured I'll be able to start it without it sounding like a tractor
Finished the H4 headlight upgrade and then clay barred the entire car. Then I got ambitious and tried out Meguiars Ultimate polish. Then I followed up with Meguiars Ultimate Wax.
Here are pictures of the new headlights. You can't tell much about the wax job but it does look nice.
Well, it's kind of Fiero related. I installed a spare Northstar and five speed and put it into my VW Golf. Just for something to do! I'm not going to keep this configuration as I'm going to place it longitudinally, build an adapter plate and mate it to a Porsche transaxle that I have. All this after my Fiero build is complete.
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Plasti-dipped my old, beat, dirty, chipped, faded silver Fiero wheels. I used half a can of matte black, then half a can of gold metallizer on each. They came out FANTASTIC.
Went to "Franks Garage" to fix a loose passenger side mirror on my 87 GT. RPO did most of the work as I had never removed a door panel in the past. It turned out that one of the mirror studs was loose (stripped) in the mirror. JB Weld back in place. Then Lithium greased window tracks door lock tracks re installed everything before the Florida heat got to us.
Went for round 3 with my header crack and welded the **** outta it so might not be pretty but will hopefully hold for a while... Then pulled the injectors to replace the prongs cause I thought I had a leak allowing air to get in and cause a lean #5 cyl only to find a chunk of crud blocking the inj so hopefully that fixes that and the new plugs and O2 sensor helps her out.... Did a 4t60 swap and I'm only upto 25 mpg at best with an 80 or so mph 6hr trip so maybe fuel to all 6 might help
